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jefferson was slow getting back to france. so hamilton took over many of the duties of the secretary of state and he didn't want to relinquish him. he liked power. >> other questions? go ahead. >> mr. unger, how young were you when you recognized it had an extraordinary aptitude to immerse yourself in the soul of your subjects and their society? [laughter] >> i think it was just this morning when you called me a tiered i'm not sure how to answer your question. i've been a journalist all my life and what i write today is nothing more than an extension of journalism. i don't really rate these books. i let the characters speak for themselves. i feel as if i'm interviewing them and let them tell their own stories. [inaudible] >> now, i played with my rubber ducky. >> what are you doing next? >> i'm working on development of the supreme court and john marshall and how he salvaged the supreme court from jefferson. it's really the story of what happened around the year 1800, which is a year turmoil in this country, were all these pri
jefferson was slow getting back to france. so hamilton took over many of the duties of the secretary of state and he didn't want to relinquish him. he liked power. >> other questions? go ahead. >> mr. unger, how young were you when you recognized it had an extraordinary aptitude to immerse yourself in the soul of your subjects and their society? [laughter] >> i think it was just this morning when you called me a tiered i'm not sure how to answer your question. i've been a...
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came to the attention of a priest named father claude, and he was a sort of a spiritual refugee from france. he was having his own spiritual dilemmas. and when he encountered her, he saw this incredible spirituality that was sort of unexpressed, and he was able to sort of draw can it out of her. and allow her spirituality, her mysticism, her deep devotion to jesus christ to sort of help him heal his own spiritual doubts. and i think together there was a confluence there of this spiritual energy which, i think, is a love story on a very high-refined level. it's sort of a divine love that, say, you or i wouldn't be able to appreciate. and they had this union, i suppose, where they sort of circled each other, and he observed her, and i think she observed him. when she died at the age of 24, it was april 17, 1680, immediately after her death her body was transfigured. and there are two written accounts which are in that book right there that was part of her cause over in rome. now, she's already passed away, and she was only 24 years old, and she was a recluse. she only had a couple of female f
came to the attention of a priest named father claude, and he was a sort of a spiritual refugee from france. he was having his own spiritual dilemmas. and when he encountered her, he saw this incredible spirituality that was sort of unexpressed, and he was able to sort of draw can it out of her. and allow her spirituality, her mysticism, her deep devotion to jesus christ to sort of help him heal his own spiritual doubts. and i think together there was a confluence there of this spiritual energy...
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to borrow, to try to raise money in france from the french government to pay for the revolution. he decided to take his 10-year-old son john quincy adams with him, his oldest, his firstborn, the oldest of his three sons. john quincy adams buy then was a devoted patriot at 7-years-old when his father was in the continental congress. his mother abigail adams heard fire in the distance and she took her boy up to the top of the hill behind in quincy massachusetts so they could look across boston bay and they saw the battle of bunker hill. and she took her boy by the hand, came back down by the farm house and began melting down the family pewter to make muskets for the patriots and she told her son at the time you must rise to the head of your country, and if you don't succeed, it will be because of your own laziness and obstinacy. [laughter] you must make a revolution, resolution in favor of virtue, integrity and love of your country. and that's how john and abigail adams raised their way from the beginning, their oldest son come to be virtuous, honest and to love and serve his count
to borrow, to try to raise money in france from the french government to pay for the revolution. he decided to take his 10-year-old son john quincy adams with him, his oldest, his firstborn, the oldest of his three sons. john quincy adams buy then was a devoted patriot at 7-years-old when his father was in the continental congress. his mother abigail adams heard fire in the distance and she took her boy up to the top of the hill behind in quincy massachusetts so they could look across boston...
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they knew cleveland and frances. a few minutes later frances comes out of the front door and over -- grover cleveland follows throughout the her out the front door and sheepishly ways. frances was all dolled up and ready to go. campaign literature in the 1880s and 90s even had cleveland's -- next to frances. they were using the first lady to promote his campaign in the 1890s so she became one of the great first ladies. another interesting standalone history involves one of the most wild and interesting presidents and that is andrew jackson. now, jackson's wife, her name was rachel donaldson and when rachel donaldson was a young teenager her father was a colonel, settled what we now know today is knoxville, settled hennessee and colonel donaldson took a group of white settlers and half the territory out in the woods and fought indians in that sort of stuff. in the settlement, rachel, his daughter sort of became a debbie taunt, the daughter of the most prominent man in the tennessee region. young rachel is a bit contro
they knew cleveland and frances. a few minutes later frances comes out of the front door and over -- grover cleveland follows throughout the her out the front door and sheepishly ways. frances was all dolled up and ready to go. campaign literature in the 1880s and 90s even had cleveland's -- next to frances. they were using the first lady to promote his campaign in the 1890s so she became one of the great first ladies. another interesting standalone history involves one of the most wild and...
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france, at the time, claimed all of canada, the lands around the great lakes, the lands around, on either side of the ohio and mississippi river valleys, down to the gulf of mexico. in 1753, the governor of virginia sent a young major named george washington, and most americans don't know this story. the governor of virginia sent 21-year-old major george washington to fort ducane, a french fort that sat on the site of present day pittsburgh, before the steelerrings -- steelers started playing football there. washington ordered french to leave. french refused. in the following spring, washington returned with troops and attacked. again, most americans don't know the story, but washington fired the first shot in what became the world's first true world war. his attack on the french in the western pennsylvania wilderness grew into a global conflict lasting seven years, involve england, franch, austria, russia, prussia, and dozen other nations fighting for control over colonies in north america, africa, asia, and the seas in between. the seven years war changed the map of the world shifting n
france, at the time, claimed all of canada, the lands around the great lakes, the lands around, on either side of the ohio and mississippi river valleys, down to the gulf of mexico. in 1753, the governor of virginia sent a young major named george washington, and most americans don't know this story. the governor of virginia sent 21-year-old major george washington to fort ducane, a french fort that sat on the site of present day pittsburgh, before the steelerrings -- steelers started playing...
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i am the president of france. congratulations president. [laughter] lipstick contains the subjects -- a substance made of fish scales before holland could reply or think of anything to say they were approached by angela marco who looked eager to greet the newest member and president romney said issue your aunt? [laughter] your mother? one this is angela merkle chancellor of germany. chancellor marco looked taken aback when she regained her composure she said to the president on the i know you will have much to add on the debt crisis of the arizona and he looked at the german chancellor and say i say you would go about 140 give or take 5 pounds. [laughter] mia and of ballpark? jim solar merkle whole thing that she misunderstood said i believe the future of the year will dominate our discussions in the coming days. the city that has more herb bridges in any other in the world as pittsburgh. >> congratulations to pittsburg she asked? president romney thought. no. just congratulations. the prime minister of canada it joined a group and introduc
i am the president of france. congratulations president. [laughter] lipstick contains the subjects -- a substance made of fish scales before holland could reply or think of anything to say they were approached by angela marco who looked eager to greet the newest member and president romney said issue your aunt? [laughter] your mother? one this is angela merkle chancellor of germany. chancellor marco looked taken aback when she regained her composure she said to the president on the i know you...
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before he went to france, he went to france, decided he fell in love with french architecture and he rebuilt it. when he got tired that he built another mansion outside of lynchburg. then he spent $30,000 on a meal in a canal at the bottom of monticello mountain. said that never really restrained him from anything that he wanted to do. one of the historians who studied, i think it was -- stephen, said if jefferson hadn't decided to make it rather reckless investment of $30,000 in an outcome he probably would've been able to ride out the financial storms of the early 19th century. and another analysis of the financial records show that jefferson, a slaves actually were very productive farmers. and that in one of the first decades of the american agricultural economy, jefferson lost very little money on his farming operation. and so, the slaves were really holding their phones when commodity prices were plunging, and so, i mean and jefferson just kept spending -- the nail in the coffin for him financially was when he had alone with his in-laws. nicholas was speculating in kentucky land
before he went to france, he went to france, decided he fell in love with french architecture and he rebuilt it. when he got tired that he built another mansion outside of lynchburg. then he spent $30,000 on a meal in a canal at the bottom of monticello mountain. said that never really restrained him from anything that he wanted to do. one of the historians who studied, i think it was -- stephen, said if jefferson hadn't decided to make it rather reckless investment of $30,000 in an outcome he...
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had 18,000 movie houses, and compared to france's 2400, and britain's 3000. europe simply could not compete with hollywood, and as long as hollywood sold american exceptionalism, europeans wanted to be like mike. or in this case, wanted to be like clark gable. but inflation, communist agitation, ethnic unrest, and most of all the contradictions of versailles soon cause the structure to crumble into the totalitarian moment. spain, of course with its civil war was the first to see the future. the fascist rose to power in italy, then germany, then a samara totalitarian culture in japan where a fascination await anyone who questioned the destiny of japan to all of asia, the remaining democracies in europe lacked the will to stop even the weakest of aggressors. when mussolini successfully crushed ethiopia, and none of the league of nations states oppose them, that's higher -- it was already dead. this of course was long before hitler invaded poland. a world war ii let me only but they say that what saved the world in our view was that the progressive liberal, new
had 18,000 movie houses, and compared to france's 2400, and britain's 3000. europe simply could not compete with hollywood, and as long as hollywood sold american exceptionalism, europeans wanted to be like mike. or in this case, wanted to be like clark gable. but inflation, communist agitation, ethnic unrest, and most of all the contradictions of versailles soon cause the structure to crumble into the totalitarian moment. spain, of course with its civil war was the first to see the future. the...
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his success and repairing the alliance with france weekend by a disagreement about the vietnam war had prompted president nixon to retain him in office. not long afterwards came the 1972 election when the democratic nominee george mcgovern was forced to drop his running mate, and eventually through a process of elimination designated sargent shriver as his choice for vice president. the election was a disaster from the governing shriver who only one massachusetts and the district of columbia. but perhaps the final word came 18 months leader as the watergate scandal unfolded in the bumper stickers appeared today to read an outline of the stage and within its boundaries of the words we told you so. in 1976, shriver ran unsuccessfully for the presidency in the year when an electorate eager for change opted for jimmy carter. after the presidential run, shriver assumed the presidency of the special olympics, the task of largely engaged him and eunice until the end of the life and was stridor who at the age of 85 confronted the government of china in the organization's interest. and by 2007,
his success and repairing the alliance with france weekend by a disagreement about the vietnam war had prompted president nixon to retain him in office. not long afterwards came the 1972 election when the democratic nominee george mcgovern was forced to drop his running mate, and eventually through a process of elimination designated sargent shriver as his choice for vice president. the election was a disaster from the governing shriver who only one massachusetts and the district of columbia....
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about the third or week of august he gets a letter from france saying napoleon was having second thoughts. so severeson says, well, i do think we have the power there, and, boom, it's done. [laughter] franklin roosevelt, when he was taking the critical steps to preparing us and providing aid to britain in the runup to the great contest over liberty in the middle of the 20th century explicitly pointed to the louisiana purchase as a model for what an executive should do in a teem of crisis. in a time of crisis. jefferson himself said that the duty of a magistrate is to the line of the law, but it is not the highest duty. that the survival and success of the country is your highest obligation. one person's imperial president i is another person's hero. one person's tyranny is another person's brilliant reform. part of what we have to struggle with from age to age in america is realizing that some generations there's going to be an excess of power useed in a way -- used in a way in which we approve, and in some generations there's going to be an excess of power used in ways which we would fig
about the third or week of august he gets a letter from france saying napoleon was having second thoughts. so severeson says, well, i do think we have the power there, and, boom, it's done. [laughter] franklin roosevelt, when he was taking the critical steps to preparing us and providing aid to britain in the runup to the great contest over liberty in the middle of the 20th century explicitly pointed to the louisiana purchase as a model for what an executive should do in a teem of crisis. in a...
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marilyn monroe at being crosbies house that was moved from frank sinatra because kennedy had been warned franc was involved with some mafia. you can imagine bill o'reilly looking at these names. and everyone knew that president kennedy would sleep with marilyn monroe that night. period. no retribution. how does he know that? he had a source from the london daily mail, a tabloid that had recorded this years ago and confirmed by secret service agent who was at the party but could not be identified. is that verifiable? it is something. sources are important. how he knows he is writing about is important and a popular history losses over that. >> guest: 2012 in general there were conversations of fact checking, corroborating sources, that what you wrote to was true and it brought down general there who writing about neuroscience so the book imagine can now and it turns out he had fabricated one source said copied extensively from earlier writings. as a result the publisher had to withdraw the book and it remains to b.c. -- remains to be seen his career. >> host: "the new york times" best seller li
marilyn monroe at being crosbies house that was moved from frank sinatra because kennedy had been warned franc was involved with some mafia. you can imagine bill o'reilly looking at these names. and everyone knew that president kennedy would sleep with marilyn monroe that night. period. no retribution. how does he know that? he had a source from the london daily mail, a tabloid that had recorded this years ago and confirmed by secret service agent who was at the party but could not be...